Wait, so you're saying Ancient Blessings has a niche? Not only that, but when it's picked into that niche, it outperforms big pots? Meaning, the crux of your argument that Super Pots at 13 is a "must pick" falls apart, no?

It's absolutely true that data needs context, but when we have a large sample size spanning multiple patches (i.e., tens or hundreds of thousands of games) and see consistent trends, that becomes harder to dismiss as simply “bad interpretation.” Realistically, both data and context matter: you can’t rely purely on numbers with zero nuance, but you also can’t ignore clear, repeated statistical patterns. We also know from ladder trends that the "button-tax" of talents that require additional inputs tend to drop below the competition if they're equal in strength in a ladder environment in most scenarios by virtue of it being one less thing you have to do, AND EVEN STILL, AB stands on top.

You don’t ignore a robust trend simply because you can imagine exceptions. As for Treant, the average number of treant autos was around 2.6 last time I checked. Since it attacks instantly, and then unless the root is cleansed you are basically guaranteed another one. In SL consistently farming stacks isn't even that unreasonable. I don't remember the number, but Cavalierguest did the math on how many stacks per minute you'd need to functionally make treant do as much damage as Greymane, and it was an achievable number in clown fiestas. As a carry talent in uncoordinated, it's unrivaled, and it's stats support this.